Over at the Atlantic today, as part of a series called “In Focus,” there’s a set of 30 gorgeous photos of Detroit in the 1940s. Writer Alan Taylor sets the scene, describing how the city needed a ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. After staring across the street at a vacant 1940s-era gas ...

Detroit these days is not exactly the model of a great American city. While still vibrant and beautiful in several areas, the Motor City isn't what it used to be, and we're not here to lie or ...

No better teller of the amazing story of Detroit than Mr. Pound could have been chosen by any jury. A native son, he knows the history of his state in general and in detail. And he knows too at first ...

A woman marks a bombardier enclosure for a B-24 Liberator bomber at the Ford Willow Run plant. Detroit Public Library On this day in 1941, workers in Ypsilanti, Michigan started clearing hundreds of ...

After staring across the street at a vacant 1940s-era gas station, the folks at the Detroit Central City Community Mental Health Group decided to take on a challenge. The blighted building, at 3169 ...